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Hanamii- t1_jd11n5k wrote

My uncle who owns a company always lived in 700k+ houses and everyone who lived around him were always doctors/lawyers/surgeons and other business owners

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hyperprettyone t1_jd114et wrote

I'm in property management and while my income is decent I live paycheck to paycheck and admit to using my 401k early to make ends meet. I also am a divorced parent of 2. No child support unfortunately but proud to own a home and live modestly.

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Cold-Fox- t1_jd0z644 wrote

blue collar baby, come from a quahogger and im a homecare nurse. i too go to different homes and sometimes wonder. alot of old money is clustered in certain areas all over not just newport lol

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pspetrini t1_jd0szjn wrote

Wedding photographer here. I do fairly well financially because I have a solid business shooting weddings every year and keep a part time photography/design job with a local newspaper.

Last year was the most successful year of my career financially (All told I took home just under six figures) but I worked FAR too much and drove myself well past the point of exhaustion.

I’m scaling back a lot this year and prioritizing my mental health. I’m 38 now. My business is solid but not something I can do forever physically or mentally so the next five years are about building a foundation and safety net and then looking at long terms passive income possibilities (investing, real estate, etc.)

For someone who grew up with nothing, was the first in my family to go to college and up until ten years ago didn’t really have a direction in life, I’m proud of the things I’ve accomplished but still feel like I have a long way to go.

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bungocheese t1_jd0raen wrote

Most friends I had when I was younger that made lots of money and had big houses and boats or multiple houses in other areas were business owners of some sort: contractors, owned electrician businesses, large landscaping companies etc. Also people that have big families where one is a lawyer one is a real estate agent one is a property manager and they set up big real estate ownership groups. Of course all the doctors and such. You also used to be able to live a pretty lavish life with a low 6 figure income you would get by being in management at any company on RI or nearby MA, or a chief of police or fire station... not really possible anymore. At that point you're still upper middle class at best.

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ReelEscapeRI t1_jd0qzln wrote

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[deleted] t1_jd0np0i wrote

I worked with people like that. The image was one of great wealth. The reality was debt up to their eyeballs. One guy had the big house, Corvette, Harley, nice clothes. I work in a union shop. One year we voted to go on strike. That guy was stressing out. He admitted that if he misses one paycheck he could lose everything. That’s more common than you think.

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